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Settlement with Lockheed Martin on F-35 Data Rights Carries ‘Significant Implications for Organic Software Development,’ Program Says

Settlement with Lockheed Martin on F-35 Data Rights Carries ‘Significant Implications for Organic Software Development,’ Program Says
A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35 Lightning II performs an aerial demonstration during Misawa Air Fest 2023 at Misawa Air Base, Japan on Sept. 10 last year (U.S. Air Force Photo)

A March 27 settlement between the Department of the Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on a more than four-year-old case on data rights for the F-35 fighter will spur improved organic software development by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps, the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said last month. In October 2019, Lockheed Martin filed an appeal before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) of a Defense Contract Audit Agency decision that the U.S. Navy…

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